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You joke, but if you have a solid idea of how to permanently¹ sequester carbon from trees in a cheap and scalable fashion, it might be worth submitting that pro
by JoshuaDavid 6y ago
You joke, but if you have a solid idea of how to permanently¹ sequester carbon from trees in a cheap and scalable fashion, it might be worth submitting that proposal. If nothing else, it can serve as a baseline against which other proposals are judged (as in X tones more cost effective than the "plant some trees" approach).
¹ Some uses for wood, like as fuel, release the carbon back into the atmosphere. Likewise anything where the wood decomposes.
- sudosysgen 6y agoHeating up the wood in an inert atmosphere until it decomposes to pure carbon would work. Where should I submit such a proposal?
- guerrilla 6y agoWhat would be the point of that? Why not just cut down the trees, bury them and grow new ones?
- babesh 6y agoWhy bury them? Build more things from wood instead of plastic.
- guerrilla 6y agoThat would be nice wouldn't it.
- Kaibeezy 6y agoI think the point is that by removing the water, empty space and non-carbon it would be physically much smaller. Now, compress it under great pressure and heat and enter the Diamond Age.
- londons_explore 6y agoThen we can pour diamonds into our cars and burn them...
- sudosysgen 6y agoIf you simply bury them, there is a good chance the wood will be decomposed anaerobically, producing methane then carbon dioxide.
- totalZero 6y agoPer the article, the details of that will be released next week. Seems like a cool idea.